The Philippines can’t afford to arrange additional new orders for Moderna and AstraZeneca coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) vaccines because both companies have already met their full capacity, according to Presidential Adviser for Entrepreneurship Joey Concepcion.
In August last year, Duterte expressed willingness to receive the first doses of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to assure the public of its safety.
Vaccine czar Carlito Galvez Jr. said 80 percent of the global supply of Covid-19 vaccines had already been procured by rich countries, leaving countries like the Philippines scrambling to ink deals with manufacturers.